Who reports earnings when reporting is optional? the market for new franchises

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 391-423

  Price, Renée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Contracts; Voluntary disclosures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033474994     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4101(00)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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